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尽つくす

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Inflections of 尽くす
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Pitch accent
つ く す
Meaning
  1. ①
    to use up; to exhaust; to run out of
    トロール漁船ぎょせんは沿岸えんがんの魚さかなをとりつくしました。
    Fishing trawlers have fished out all the local waters.
  2. ②
    to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause)
    あらゆる所ところの人々ひとびとが世界平和せかいへいわに尽つくす民衆みんしゅうの指導者しどうしゃを切望せつぼうしている。
    People everywhere yearn for public leaders dedicated to world peace.
  3. ③
    to do to exhaustion; to do completely; to do fully
    after the -masu stem of a verb
    See also: 食べ尽くす (たべつくす)
Kanji
尽 ジン exhaust, use up, run out of
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